Shipping Receiving Clerk

Great Southern Wood Preserving, Incorporated is well known for its flagship product, Yella Wood® brand pressure treated pine which it sells through Do-It-Yourself retail home centers, pro dealers and other retail building-related and industrial segments. Our distribution coverage stretches from the Florida Keys to Texas to Canada, an area that includes all or parts of 27 states and the District of Columbia, as well as much of the Caribbean and Latin America, and part of the European Union and Mediterranean region.

From pressure treated fence products, columns, deck specialties, and KDAT products, Yella Wood® is the brand of choice for outdoor building.

Great Southern Wood Preserving, Inc., makers of Yellawood brand Pressure Treated Pine, is seeking a Shipping and Receiving Clerk. This position will be responsible for verifying and keeping records on incoming and outgoing shipments, as well as preparing items for shipment. This is a full-time position offering competitive pay and a full benefits package.

• Compares identifying information and counts, weighs, or measures items of incoming and outgoing shipments to verify information against bills of lading, invoices, orders, or other records.
• Examines incoming shipments, rejects damaged items, records shortages, and corresponds with shippers to rectify damages and shortages.
• Responsible for placing identifying information on the material upon arrival at the plant site.
• Routes items to inventory.
• Examines outgoing shipments to ensure shipments meet specifications.
• Maintains inventory of shipping materials and supplies.
• May operate industrial lift truck or uses tractor truck to move, convey, or hoist shipments to storage or work area.
• Maintains traffic flow through the white yard and assists in staging shipments for outbound loads.
• Assists in stacking lumber or moving products by hand as needed.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or six (6) months to one (1) year of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid vacation and holidays
• 401(k) with company match
• Profit sharing
• Flexible spending accounts
• Dependent scholarship program

Great Southern Wood Preserving, Inc. is the industry’s leading producer of pressure-treated lumber products for D-I-Y retail home centers, pro-dealers, and other retail building-related segments. Our Yella Wood brand pressure-treated pine is widely known to consumers throughout the South who use it for various outdoor building projects. Great Southern also distributes a large volume of products from many of the best-known brands in the industry.

Thanks to 15 full-service treating plants and several production facilities, Great Southern Wood is strategically located to provide prompt and efficient service to lumber yards and building supply stores throughout the South, Midwest, and Northeast.